Howard W. Nicholson

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20012014

most citedObservation of CP violation in the B^0 meson system

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142 papers

hep-ex2014★ 427 cited

The Physics of the B Factories

A. J. Bevan, B. Golob, Th. Mannel +2003

This work is on the Physics of the B Factories. Part A of this book contains a brief description of the SLAC and KEK B Factories as well as their detectors, BaBar and Belle, and da…

hep-ex2010

Observation of the decay B0bar -> LambdaC antiproton pi0

The BABAR Collaboration, B. Aubert et al.

In a sample of 467 million $B B$ pairs collected with the BABAR detector at the PEP-II collider at SLAC we have observed the decay $\overline{B}^0\rightarrowΛ_c^+{\overlin…

hep-ex2009★ 7 cited

Observation of inclusive $D^{*\pm}$ production in the decay of $Υ (1 S)$

The BABAR Collaboration, B. Aubert

We present a study of the inclusive $D^{*\pm}$ production in the decay of $Υ (1 S)$ using $(98.6 \pm 0.9) \times 1 0^{6}$ $Υ (2 S)$ mesons collected with the BaBar detector at the $Υ (2 S)$ …

hep-ex2009★ 6 cited

Observation of the baryonic B-decay B0bar -> Lambda_c^+ antiproton K^- pi^+

The BABAR Collaboration, B. Aubert

We report the observation of the baryonic B-decay B0bar -> Lambda_c^+ antiproton K^- pi^+, excluding contributions from the decay B0bar -> Lambda_c^+ anti-Lambda K^-. Using a data…

hep-ex2009★ 63 cited

Search for a low-mass Higgs boson in Y(3S)-->gamma A^0, A^0-->tau^+tau^- at BABAR

The BABAR Collaboration, B. Aubert

We search for a light Higgs boson, $A^{0}$ , in the radiative decay $Υ (3 S) \to γ A^{0}$ , $A^{0} \to τ^{+} τ^{-}$ , $τ^{+} \to e^{+} ν_{e} ν ˉ_{τ}$ or $τ^{+} \to μ^{+} ν_{μ} ν ˉ_{τ}$ . The data sample contains 122 m…

hep-ex2009★ 332 cited

Measurement of the gamma gamma* --> pi0 transition form factor

The BABAR Collaboration, B. Aubert

We study the reaction e+e- --> e+e-pi0 and measure the gamma gamma* --> pi0 transition form factor in the momentum transfer range from 4 to 40 GeV^2. The analysis is based on 442 f…

hep-ex2009★ 93 cited

Measurement of |V_cb| and the Form-Factor Slope in Bbar -> D l- nubar Decays in Events Tagged by a Fully Reconstructed B Meson

The BABAR Collaboration, B. Aubert

We present a measurement of the Cabibbo-Kobayashi-Maskawa matrix element |V_cb| and the form-factor slope rho^2 in Bbar -> Dl- nubar decays based on 460 million BBar events recorde…

hep-ex2009★ 89 cited

Evidence for the eta_b(1S) Meson in Radiative Upsilon(2S) Decay

The BABAR Collaboration, B. Aubert

We have performed a search for the eta_b(1S) meson in the radiative decay of the Upsilon(2S) resonance using a sample of 91.6 million Upsilon(2S) events recorded with the BABAR det…

hep-ex2009★ 13 cited

Measurement of Time-Dependent CP Asymmetry in B0->ccbar K(*)0 Decays

The BABAR Collaboration, B. Aubert

We present updated measurements of time-dependent CP asymmetries in fully reconstructed neutral B decays containing a charmonium meson. The measurements reported here use a data sa…

hep-ex2008

Measurement of the B+ -> omega l+ nu and B+ -> eta l+ nu Branching Fractions

The BABAR Collaboration, B. Aubert

We present a study of the charmless semileptonic B-meson decays B+ -> omega l+ nu and B+ -> eta l+ nu. The analysis is based on 383 million BBbar pairs recorded at the Upsilon(4S)…

hep-ex2008★ 52 cited

Dalitz Plot Analysis of D_s+ -> pi+ pi- pi+

The BABAR Collaboration, B. Aubert

A Dalitz plot analysis of approximately 13,000 Ds+ decays to pi+pi-pi+ has been performed. The analysis uses a 384 fb-1 data sample recorded by the BaBar detector at the PEP-II asy…

hep-ex2008★ 165 cited

Observation of the bottomonium ground state in the decay Upsilon(3S) -> gamma eta_b

The BABAR Collaboration, B. Aubert

We report the results of a search for the bottomonium ground state eta_b(1S) in the photon energy spectrum with a sample of (109 +/- 1) million of Upsilon(3S) recorded at the Upsil…

hep-ex2008★ 19 cited

Measurement of the Branching Fractions of the Rare Decays B0->Ds()+pi-, B0->Ds()+rho-, and B0->Ds()-K()+

The BABAR Collaboration, B. Aubert

We report the measurement of the branching fractions of the rare decays B0->Ds(*)+pi-, B0->Ds(*)+rho-, and B0->Ds(*)-K(*)+ in a sample of 381 million Y(4S) decays into BBbar pairs…

hep-ex2007★ 29 cited

A Measurement of the Branching Fractions of exclusive Bbar -> D(*)(pi)l-nubar Decays in Events with a Fully Reconstructed B Meson

The BABAR Collaboration, B. Aubert

We report a measurement of the branching fractions for Bbar -> D(*)(pi)l-nubar decays based on 341.1 fb-1 of data collected at the Upsilon(4S) resonance with the babar detector at…

hep-ex2007★ 10 cited

Time-dependent Dalitz plot analysis of B0 -> D-(+) K0 Pi+(-) decays

The BABAR Collaboration, B. Aubert

We present for the first time a measurement of the weak phase 2b+g obtained from a time-dependent Dalitz plot analysis of B^0 -> D-(+) K0 Pi+(-) decays. Using a sample of approxima…

hep-ex2007★ 17 cited

Study of B0 --> l+l'- decays (l,l' = e,mu)

The BaBar Collaboration, B. Aubert

We present a search for the decays B0 --> e+e-, B0 --> mu+ mu- and B0 --> e mu using data collected with the BABAR detector at the PEP-II e+e-collider at SLAC. Using a dataset corr…

hep-ex2007★ 34 cited

Search for Lepton Flavor Violating Decays τ^\pm \to l^\pmω(l = e, μ)

The BABAR Collaboration, B. Aubert

We have searched for lepton flavor violating decays of a $τ$ to a lighter-mass charged lepton and an $ω$ vector mesonusing 384.1 $f b^{-}$ of $e^{+} e^{-}$ annihilation data collected w…

hep-ex2007★ 167 cited

Observation of Y(3940) -> J/psi omega in B -> J/psi omega K at BABAR

The BABAR Collaboration, B. Aubert

We present a study of the decays $B^{0, +} \to J / ψ ω K^{0, +}$ using $383 \times 1 0^{6}$ $B B ˉ$ events obtained with the \babar detector at PEP-II. We observe $Y (3940) \to J / ψ ω$ , wit…

hep-ex2007★ 14 cited

Measurements of the Branching Fractions of B0 --> K^0K+K-, B0 --> K^0pi+K-, B0 --> K0K+pi-, and B0 --> K0pi+pi-

The BABAR Collaboration, B. Aubert

Branching fraction and asymmetry measurements of charmless $B^{0} \to K^{* 0} h_{1}^{+} h_{2}^{-}$ ( $h_{1, 2}$ = $K$ , $π$ ) decays are presented, using a data sample of 383 million $Υ (4 S) \to$ $B\…

hep-ex2007★ 183 cited

The $e^{+} e^{-} \to 2 (π^{+} π^{-}) π^{0}$ , 2(π^+π^-)η $,$ K^+ K^-π^+π^-π^0 $an d$ K^+ K^-π^+π^-η$ Cross Sections Measured with Initial-State Radiation

The BABAR Collaboration, B. Aubert

We study the processes $e^{+} e^{-} \to 2 (π^{+} π^{-}) π^{0} γ$ , $2 (π^{+} π^{-}) η γ$ , $K^{+} K^{-} π^{+} π^{-} π^{0} γ$ and $K^{+} K^{-} π^{+} π^{-} η γ$ with the hard photon radiated from the initial state. About 20000, 4300,…

hep-ex2007★ 152 cited

Study of Resonances in Exclusive B Decays to Dbar()D()K

The BABAR Collaboration, B. Aubert

We present a study of resonances in exclusive decays of $B$ mesons to $D ˉ^{(*)} D^{(*)} K$ . We report the observation of the decays $B \to \Dbar^{(*)} D^+_{s1}(2536)$ where th…

hep-ex2007★ 38 cited

Measurement of CP-Violating Asymmetries in B0->D(*)+D-

BaBar Collaboration, B. Aubert

We present updated measurements of \CP-violating asymmetries in the decays $\Bz\to\Dstarpm\Dmp$ and $\Bz\to\Dp\Dm$ using $(383\pm 4) \times 10^{6} \BB$ pairs collected by the \baba…

hep-ex2007★ 16 cited

Measurement of the Absolute Branching Fraction of D0 --> K- pi+

The BABAR Collaboration, B. Aubert

We measure the absolute branching fraction for D0 --> K- pi+ using partial reconstruction of B0bar --> D^{*+} X \ell^{-} \barν_{\ell} decays, in which only the charged lepton and t…

hep-ex2007

Measurement of Decay Amplitudes of B -->(c cbar) Kstar with an Angular Analysis, for (c cbar)=J/psi, psi(2S) and chi_c1

The BABAR Collaboration, B. Aubert

We perform the first three-dimensional measurement of the amplitudes of $B \to ψ (2 S) K^{*}$ and $B \to χ_{c 1} K^{*}$ decays and update our previous measurement for $B \to J / ψ K^{*}$ . We use…

The Physics of the B Factories

Observation of the decay B0bar -> LambdaC antiproton pi0

Observation of inclusive D∗± production in the decay of Υ(1S)

Observation of the baryonic B-decay B0bar -> Lambda_c^+ antiproton K^- pi^+

Search for a low-mass Higgs boson in Y(3S)-->gamma A^0, A^0-->tau^+tau^- at BABAR

Measurement of the gamma gamma* --> pi0 transition form factor

Measurement of |V_cb| and the Form-Factor Slope in Bbar -> D l- nubar Decays in Events Tagged by a Fully Reconstructed B Meson

Evidence for the eta_b(1S) Meson in Radiative Upsilon(2S) Decay

Measurement of Time-Dependent CP Asymmetry in B0->ccbar K(*)0 Decays

Measurement of the B+ -> omega l+ nu and B+ -> eta l+ nu Branching Fractions

Dalitz Plot Analysis of D_s+ -> pi+ pi- pi+

Observation of the bottomonium ground state in the decay Upsilon(3S) -> gamma eta_b

Measurement of the Branching Fractions of the Rare Decays B0->Ds(*)+pi-, B0->Ds(*)+rho-, and B0->Ds(*)-K(*)+

A Measurement of the Branching Fractions of exclusive Bbar -> D(*)(pi)l-nubar Decays in Events with a Fully Reconstructed B Meson

Time-dependent Dalitz plot analysis of B0 -> D-(+) K0 Pi+(-) decays

Study of B0 --> l+l'- decays (l,l' = e,mu)

Search for Lepton Flavor Violating Decays τ^\pm \to l^\pmω(l = e, μ)

Observation of Y(3940) -> J/psi omega in B -> J/psi omega K at BABAR

Measurements of the Branching Fractions of B0 --> K^*0K+K-, B0 --> K^*0pi+K-, B0 --> K*0K+pi-, and B0 --> K*0pi+pi-

The e+e−→2(π+π−)π0, 2(π^+π^-)η,K^+ K^-π^+π^-π^0andK^+ K^-π^+π^-η$ Cross Sections Measured with Initial-State Radiation

Study of Resonances in Exclusive B Decays to Dbar(*)D(*)K

Measurement of CP-Violating Asymmetries in B0->D(*)+D-

Measurement of the Absolute Branching Fraction of D0 --> K- pi+

Measurement of Decay Amplitudes of B -->(c cbar) Kstar with an Angular Analysis, for (c cbar)=J/psi, psi(2S) and chi_c1

Observation of inclusive $D^{*\pm}$ production in the decay of $Υ (1 S)$

Measurement of the Branching Fractions of the Rare Decays B0->Ds()+pi-, B0->Ds()+rho-, and B0->Ds()-K()+

Measurements of the Branching Fractions of B0 --> K^0K+K-, B0 --> K^0pi+K-, B0 --> K0K+pi-, and B0 --> K0pi+pi-

The $e^{+} e^{-} \to 2 (π^{+} π^{-}) π^{0}$ , 2(π^+π^-)η $,$ K^+ K^-π^+π^-π^0 $an d$ K^+ K^-π^+π^-η$ Cross Sections Measured with Initial-State Radiation

Study of Resonances in Exclusive B Decays to Dbar()D()K